climbed fletcher with kiefer. postholing was a pain, but shortlived for colorado winter. we thought we were going to catch a weather up high as we obtained the high plateau of point 13,515, but that was not to be. temps of -5/-10 with a windchill in the -30s made this day lots tougher than the forecast predicted.

Forcasts called for high winds, sub-zero temps and snow. Shanahan96 and myself got to experience all three and some pleasant sunshine in the afternoon. It turned painfully cold on the way out as we donned our headlamps. The summit had to have been around -10. As far as your winter summits go, I was surprised at the amount of physical commitment this peak required. But a good, taxing day none-the-less.

Hiked Fletcher in some early season light snow with some nifty winds, but manageable. Wish we had better views, but visibility opened up enough to get decent views. Traversed over to the east couloir route on Drift.

This is probably one of my favorite mountain hikes EVER. The approach full of hanging lakes is just mind-blowing. Heavy snow fields. Just an amazing day. The weather held off for us, too; all we got was a sprinkle of rain, despite early-building clouds. Climbing Partners: Janet & Pazit

I've approached Fletcher 3 times and turned back from a blizzard from Blue Lakes, and thwumping avalanches from the Mayflower Gulch side. This I climbed teh rock rib left of teh main gulley from Mayflower Gulch. The rocks were slick as snot from perpetual rain the night before. Clouds rolled in and turned me away from Driftwood, but the clouds seemed stable as I descended so I went up the green south wall of Atlantic Peak nad onto Pacific, then a quick visit to the cute little green horn on the way back to Mayflowwer Gulch.